Art can portray the world's most complex subjects: the passion of love, the horrors of war, and the despair of fruit waiting to be eaten. Paint your own passions with today's Groupon: for $40, you get a social painting experience for two at Paintlounge in Markham (up to an $84 value). The experience includes the following:

• Two 18"x18" canvases (a $60 value)
• Any four cafe beverages (up to a $6 value each)
All art tools, paints, set-up, and clean up

Paintlounge draws out the painter in all, offering a comfortable space to unwind, splatter colour on canvases with a friend, and enjoy a fine tea or hot mocha. Whether new to painting or the next Rembrandt impersonator, all patrons can pick up a paintbrush or experiment with a squeegee without fear of being judged. While working in acrylics, guests can also splatter the canvas chromatically with a water pistol or treat the canvas like a favourite pet and give it a sponge bath. Between fiery moments of artistic revelations, guests can take a break with a premium loose-leaf tea such as cinnamon and chai or refresh the imagination with iced lemonade and fresh mint. Most dabbling dabblers take anywhere from two to three hours on their paintings, but Paintlounge does not impose a time limit so long as the canvas is completed within the day.